Laith Shubeilat (; 28 November 1942 – 18 December 2022) was a Jordanian
Islamist politician. He was born in
Amman
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, Jordan in 1942, a son of another Jordanian public figure, Farhan Shubeilat, from
Tafila, a city within the southern district of Jordan.
Shubeilat was a graduate of
civil engineering
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from the
American University of Beirut
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in 1964, and gained his master's degree from
George Washington University
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in 1968.
Shubeilat was elected for the first time as the head of
Jordanian Engineers Association in 1982 as the first Islamist to win this seat. Later he was appointed for the National Advisory Council in Jordan where he started his political activities. In 1984 he was elected to parliament.
Thereafter, Shubeilat publicly opposed the Jordanian government and was imprisoned on several occasions.
Shubeilat died from a heart attack on 18 December 2022, at the age of 80.
ليث شبيلات في ذمة الله
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1942 births
2022 deaths
Politicians from Amman
American University of Beirut alumni
George Washington University alumni
Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan)
20th-century Jordanian politicians
Jordanian engineers